A Few Funny Stories...

Alex has been extremely "helpful" today.  Yes, I am using the term helpful very loosely :)

He decided to feed the dogs a snack after breakfast...all by himself and spilling the food all over the floor in the process.  After he did that, he was trying to push the dogs over to the right dog bowls to eat (they weren't hungry at all and were not very willing)!  Buckwheat started to eat out of a green bowl that we have.  Alex informed him "no Buckwheat...you are black, you eat out of the black bowl"!  Good to know!

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I went to the bathroom and when I came out, Alex wasn't in the living room but the backdoor was open.  Not a good combination!!  I walk over to the door and Alex is sitting in the yard telling the dogs to come outside and go potty.  The dogs were standing in by the door looking at Alex like he is absolutely nuts :)  Needless to say, the door has been locked all day!!

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And finally, for the really fun story....

We are working on potty training with Alex.  He does not like underwear (well, he doesn't like being naked either...but that is another story for another day)!  His reasons for not liking the underwear vary - one time it is because they are a "little bit too dirty" and another time it was because they "hurt my pee-pee" (yes, both of those responses came yesterday right before our "incident")!

I made him sit around naked because I was not putting a pull-up on him.  He finally calmed down about being naked and was sitting on the floor watching TV.  I noticed he was playing with his boy parts, but that isn't really abnormal when he is wearing underwear or being naked!  Before I knew it, Alex was standing in front of me with his finger under my nose telling me to "smell my finger...it stinks"!  My child had taken his finger, stuck it UP his behind and then put it under my nose for me to smell!

...and I have another boy coming?!  This is going to be interesting :)

Do You Think...

...Katelyn has watched Jenny feed Joshua a few too many times?!

I love this picture a little so much that I had to have a separate post for it :)

Out of the Mouth of Alex...

We use this blog to document our family life and also let our friends and family know what is going on with us.  I decided to go ahead and document some of the things that Alex has been saying lately.  I want to write this down, so when we are having a bad day, I can look back to see what he has been saying and how much joy he brings to my life.  I also think he will love seeing things that he said when he grows up!  I'm going to just add to this list as we go...I'm sure it will be updated frequently! 

He has been cracking me up and saying such incredibly unexpected and funny things.  Here is a sample of some of the things that he comes up with:

Sarah:  What letter is that?

Alex:  A

Sarah:  No, I think that is an S.

Alex: Well, yeah Mama!

(I love that he is so matter-of-fact with me)

Loudly in Target yelling "bum wipes, Mama" - he was talking about the adult Cottonelle wipes.

"Look Mama, garbage truck!" - He was talking about a Hummer in the parking lot of Target.  Apparently he was not impressed with it :)

Alex-isms Part 1

I am sure that as Alex continues to grow and explore his words, I will have more installments into "Alex-isms". Today though, I had to share one with you all that had Larry and I laughing hysterically!

Alex has a little fetish with having shoes or slippers on his feet. He loves having them on. It is rare to catch this child without shoes, slippers or socks. In fact, he has four pairs of slippers (seriously, a 2 year old boy with four pairs of slippers...silly kid)!

Well, I finally broke down the other day and got myself a pair of slippers (they are definitely not the cutest things, but they are warm and comfy). I have been wearing them around the house since I got them. Yesterday morning, I had taken them off and put my bare feet on the couch. Alex quickly noticed it and brought the slippers to me, began to put them on my feet and was telling me "shoes mama, shoes!" I told him that I didn't want to wear my shoes because my feet were hot. Being the insanely smart kid that he is (slightly biased), he put the slippers back on the floor and started blowing on my feet. Yes, blowing! We started teaching him how to blow on his food when it is hot and apparently he is associating that with anything that is hot!

Too funny! This child definitely keeps us laughing and on our toes!